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Definition of Fecundate
1. Verb. Make fertile or productive. "The course fertilized her imagination"
Generic synonyms: Alter, Change, Modify
Derivative terms: Fecundation, Fertilizer
2. Verb. Introduce semen into (a female).
Specialized synonyms: Stratify, Bang Up, Impregnate, Knock Up, Prang Up, Impregnate, Cross-fertilise, Cross-fertilize, Cross-pollinate, Pollenate, Pollinate
Generic synonyms: Alter, Change, Modify
Derivative terms: Fecundation, Fertilization, Insemination, Semen
Definition of Fecundate
1. v. t. To make fruitful or prolific.
Definition of Fecundate
1. Verb. To make fertile. ¹
2. Verb. To inseminate. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Fecundate
1. [v -DATED, -DATING, -DATES]
Medical Definition of Fecundate
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1. To make fruitful or prolific.
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Fecundate
Literary usage of Fecundate
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1876)
"The anthers pollinate and fecundate the stigma of the same hermaphrodite ...
The anthers of one flower pollinate and fecundate the stigma of a flower ..."
2. The Journal of Science, and Annals of Astronomy, Biology, Geology by James Samuelson, William Crookes (1884)
"On the other hand, the thick-headed and blunt spermatozoa of R. arvalis and R.
esculenta cannot fecundate any strange ovum, whilst reciprocal hybridisation ..."
3. Arboretum Et Fruticetum Britannicum: Or, The Trees and Shrubs of Britain by John Claudius Loudon (1838)
"... unless, indeed, advantage is proposed to be taken of the circumstance of the
tree being only of one sex, to fecundate its flowers, if female, ..."
4. The Journal of Science by Calcutta Asiatic Society (1884)
"On the other hand, the thick-headed and blunt spermatozoa of R. arvalis and R.
esculenta cannot fecundate any strange ovum, whilst reciprocal hybridisation ..."
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